Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 10:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Arizona State
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2-0 · Power #71
29
▲ winner
Final
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1-1 · Power #101
0
final
Closing spread
FRES -4
✓ FRES W
Total
48
▼ Under · 29 pts
Model before kickoff
FRES 30–27 ASU
✓ FRES (61%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseFRES -4
Total48
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Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseFRES -4
Total48
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Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like FRES as a 4-point road favorite at ASU, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: FRES won 29–0; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 29 points stayed under 48, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 60%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 14 against an average line of 3.6; 50.2 points a game (usually 54.6). When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
MIA @ UVA
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar total & spread
-314–12 L U48.5
Very close
NEB @ RUTG
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar spread & rest
-314–13 L U50.5
Close
TULN @ USM
2020 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & rest
-3.566–24 W O54.5
Close
TOL @ SDSU
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-314–17 L U44.5
Close
PITT @ MIA
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & rest
-4.2542–16 W O44
Close
LIB @ ODU
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar total & rest
-3.538–24 W O47.5
Close
WSU @ STAN
2022 · Week 10 · close · similar total & spread
-352–14 W O48.5
Close
TOL @ CMU
2021 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & spread
-523–26 L U53
Close
CAL @ STAN
2021 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & total
-2.541–11 W O46
Close
UAB @ FAU
2022 · Week 9 · close · similar spread & rest
-4.7517–24 L U45
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2020 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
No clear signal on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Small sample warning
Fresno State have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
FRES+4.2 →+1.8▼ 2.4#52
ASU+0.4 →−3.6▼ 4.0#89
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

FRES
Longer bar = better
ASU
#59
Offense
◀ FRES better
#107
#78
Defense
ASU better ▶
#59
0.0 #68
Turnovers
◀ FRES better
−0.5 #105
78 plays #8
Pace
◀ FRES faster
64 plays #93
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When FRES has the ball
Even matchup
FRES offASU defEdge
Points / game 36.5 #39 24.0 #78 FRES
Yards / play 5.50 #87 4.73 #39 ASU
PPA / play +0.21 #49 +0.07 #72 FRES
Success rate 43% #61 36% #45 Even
When ASU has the ball
Advantage: FRES defense
ASU offFRES defEdge
Points / game 19.5 #115 33.0 #118 Even
Yards / play 5.06 #105 5.06 #56 FRES
PPA / play +0.03 #109 +0.07 #73 FRES
Success rate 39% #100 39% #63 FRES

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 125 FBS teams
FRES scoring against the ASU defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
FRES scored
7.0
8.5
15.5
7.5
8.5
16.0
ASU allowed
0.0
8.5
8.5
7.0
8.5
15.5
ASU scoring against the FRES defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ASU scored
7.0
11.0
18.0
0.0
1.5
1.5
FRES allowed
5.0
7.0
12.0
10.5
7.0
17.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ASU +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
96° · 3 mph
gusts 4 mph · at kickoff
Rest
FRES7d
ASU7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 142 plays
slowavg 134fast
Quarterback
ASU backup QB started
Not the usual starter

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